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Assembly Bill A7543

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to make recommendations to the governor and legislature on increasing ambulatory patient group rates for services provided by rural critical access hospitals

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2013-A7543 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2807, Pub Health L

2013-A7543 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to make recommendations to the governor and legislature on increasing ambulatory patient group rates, in the 2014-2015 state fiscal year, for services provided by rural critical access hospitals.

2013-A7543 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7543

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
  commissioner  of health to make recommendations relating to increasing
  certain ambulatory patient group reimbursement rates

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 2807 of the public health law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
  (J)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL,  IN  CONJUNCTION WITH HOSPITAL INDUSTRY
REPRESENTATIVES, PROVIDE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE
LEGISLATURE ON OR  BEFORE  OCTOBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN,  ON
INCREASING  AMBULATORY  PATIENT  GROUPS  REIMBURSEMENT RATES ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION FOR GENERAL HOSPITAL  OUTPATIENT  SERVICES,
GENERAL  HOSPITAL  EMERGENCY  SERVICES,  DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER
SERVICES AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL SERVICES, PROVIDED BY  RURAL  HOSPITALS
DESIGNATED  AS  CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE XVIII
OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION THE INCREASED COSTS OF PROVIDING SUCH  SERVICES  IN  RURAL
AREAS  AS  WELL AS THE NEED TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO SUCH SERVICES IN RURAL
AREAS. IN ADDITION, THE RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL  CONTAIN  PROPOSED  LEGIS-
LATION,  FOR  INCORPORATION  INTO  THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND
FOURTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN FISCAL YEAR, TO EFFECTUATE RATE INCREASES
EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10025-01-3

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